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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what drug did Stevenson say was misused in many mental institutions?
(a) Thorazine.
(b) Nardil.
(c) Pardate.
(d) Lithium.

2. In the 1990s, what deinstitutionalization rate did several states have?
(a) 66 percent.66%.
(b) 73%.
(c) More than 95%.
(d) More than 80%.

3. How many children did Walter Garnett have?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

4. How much money was Stevenson able to get McMillian for being wrongly incarcerated?
(a) $300,000.
(b) $450,000.
(c) A few hundred thousand dollars.
(d) About a half a million dollars.

5. When did a mechanic modify Walter's truck?
(a) June 1987.
(b) December 1986.
(c) May 1987.
(d) October 1986.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did O'Connor move to in Chapter 11?

2. What did Myers want to drink when Stevenson and O'Connor spoke to him in Chapter 7?

3. When was the Alabama Judicial Building built?

4. Between 1990 and 2005, how often did a prison open in the United States?

5. In Chapter 11, how many bomb threats had their been in the last two months?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, why was Stevenson optimistic about what evidence in the McMillian case might accomplish in the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals?

2. What was Bernard Harcourt's background?

3. Why was it so difficult to get money for wrongful imprisonment?

4. In Chapter 11, why did Stevenson have to take bomb threats seriously?

5. What was Judge Norton's ruling on McMillian's appeal in Chapter 11?

6. Where did McMillian decided to live in Chapter 13?

7. In Chapter 9, what did Judge Norton say about the length of the Rule 32 hearing?

8. Why did Stevenson's office in Atlanta sue Angola Prison?

9. Why was Marsha Colbey charged with capital murder?

10. Why was George Stinney executed?

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